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    California Digital Library

    The California Digital Library (CDL) is the digital library system of the University of California. It provides access to a vast digital repository that holds a wide range of materials, including books, journals, and multimedia. CDL's digital collections play a significant role in supporting research, education, and innovation across various disciplines. (Wikipedia)

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    Philippine Folk Tales (1916)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Stories

    Philippine Folk Tales (1916)

    Alice’s Adventures in Shorthand (1919)
    Books / 
    Communication

    Alice’s Adventures in Shorthand (1919)

    The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man (1750)
    Books / 
    Travel & Exploration, Colonialism & the ‘Other’

    The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man (1750)

    Anecdotes of Animals (1905)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts

    Anecdotes of Animals (1905)

    Bon-Mots of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century (1897)
    Books / 
    Humour & Satire

    Bon-Mots of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century (1897)

    Scrapbook of Hand-Coloured Juvenile Woodcut Emblems
    Books / 
    Wisdom

    Scrapbook of Hand-Coloured Juvenile Woodcut Emblems

    The Sexual Life of our Time in its Relations to Modern Civilization ([1906] 1909)
    Books

    The Sexual Life of our Time in its Relations to Modern Civilization ([1906] 1909)

    British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1880)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions (1880)

    Letters to Dead Authors (1886)
    Books / 
    Music & Arts, Communication

    Letters to Dead Authors (1886)

    Russian Portraits (1921)
    Books / 
    Politics, Travel & Exploration

    Russian Portraits (1921)

    Omega: The Last Days of the World (1894)
    Books / 
    Astronomy & Space, The Future

    Omega: The Last Days of the World (1894)

    Diagrams from Dr Alesha Sivartha’s Book of Life (1898)
    Images / 
    Science & Medicine, Religion, Myth & Legend, Wisdom

    Diagrams from Dr Alesha Sivartha’s Book of Life (1898)

    The First Shape Book: Little Red Riding Hood (1863)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend

    The First Shape Book: Little Red Riding Hood (1863)

    “Dialogue Between Frederick Ruysch and His Mummies” by Giacomo Leopardi (1827)
    Books / 
    Death

    “Dialogue Between Frederick Ruysch and His Mummies” by Giacomo Leopardi (1827)

    Public and Private Life of Animals (1877)
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Politics, Humour & Satire

    Public and Private Life of Animals (1877)

    The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824)

    The Wise Boys: or, The Entertaining Histories of Fred Forethought, Matt Merrythought, Luke Lovebook and Ben Bee (ca. 1842)
    Books / 
    People, Wisdom

    The Wise Boys: or, The Entertaining Histories of Fred Forethought, Matt Merrythought, Luke Lovebook and Ben Bee (ca. 1842)

    The Strange Adventures of a Pebble (1921)
    Books / 
    Natural World

    The Strange Adventures of a Pebble (1921)

    The Confidence-Man (1857)
    Books / 
    People, Stories, Humour & Satire

    The Confidence-Man (1857)

    Potts’s Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster (1845)
    Books / 
    Ghosts & Occult

    Potts’s Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster (1845)

    Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904)
    Books / 
    Religion, Myth & Legend, Ghosts & Occult

    Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (1904)

    Blue-Sky Thinking: *The Influence of the Blue Ray of the Sunlight* (1877)
    Books / 
    Science & Medicine, Design & Typography

    Blue-Sky Thinking: The Influence of the Blue Ray of the Sunlight (1877)

    The Death and Burial of Cock Robin
    Books / 
    Animals & Beasts, Death

    The Death and Burial of Cock Robin

    With Lord Byron at the Sandwich Islands in 1825
    Books / 
    Travel & Exploration

    With Lord Byron at the Sandwich Islands in 1825

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